Lesson 18: Unit 35 BUYING AND SELLING

Lesson 18: Unit 35 BUYING AND SELLING

David: Today’s program is about buying and selling; and importing and exporting.

Natalie: That’s buying and selling.

Kevin: Between different countries.

Natalie: Importing and exporting. For Britain this car is an export. And for Britain this car is an import.

A WORLD CAR

Salesman: Good morning, madam! Welcome to Harry’s Cars. How can I help you? Customer: I want to buy a car. Salesman: Well, you’ve come to the right place! We have cars from all over the world. What would you like? A Japanese car? A Spanish car? Or this one: the best car in the showroom. It’s a World Car. Customer: A World Car? Salesman: Yes, every part of this car is made in a different country. The engine is made in Germany, the controls are made in Japan, the tires are made in France, the windows are made in Spain… Customer: What made is in Britain? Salesman: Ah… These!

Natalie: What kind of things do you buy? Are they made in your country or are they imported?

1.    I have a bicycle that is made in Taiwan, a car that has made in Japan and Mazda

2.     I have a guitar that came from Spain made by the Ramirez brothers I have a saddle that came from Australia.

3.    I have a Merry mountain bike which comes from America and a Sony Walkman which comes from Japan

4.     I have discovered among our artifacts a old chest of my great-great-grandmother, which was originally imported from England, back and in the eighteen fifties

5.    I have Greek hands I also have Japanese clothes and a graph sketch away from Hawaii.

KEVIN’S NEW COMPUTER

Kevin: This is my new computer. It’s a portable computer: You can carry it easily. It’s made in Japan. The factory makes about a thousand computers like this every month. Most of them are exported. About 300 a month are sold in Britain. Hardly any are sold in Japan. So, the hardware – the computer _ is made in Japan. But the software comes from California. This is a business program. A lot of software is developed in California, and it’s sold all over the world.

Most of the computers are exported	They export most of the computers
A lot of software is developed in California

David: Karl Shiller works for a computer company in Germany. He’s in London at the moment to talk to Julia Marsh and James Brady.

JAMES AND JULIA

James: So, Karl, why are you here?

Karl: I’m here to talk about a new business project.

James: What kind of project?

Karl: We are developing a new computer for children to use at home.

Julia: But surely lots of computers are made for children. And several of them are made for home use. How is your computer different?

Karl: In two ways. First, we are developing a better  voice-activation system.

James: A what? What does “voice-activation” mean?

Karl: I’m sorry. Look at this computer. This one doesn’t have a voice-activation system. In order to use it, you have to read the screen, then type your answer. China… History. Yes? But the new computer speaks to the child. It asks a question and the child answers by speaking to the computer.

Julia:   Hm. And the other difference?

Karl: Ah. It’s educational. Nearly all the computers that are sold to children are for games. Hardly any are made to help children with their studies.

James: But yours will.

Karl: Yes, because we’re developing special software; study programs.

Julia: I see. You’re developing the software in order to sell hardware.

Karl: Yes, you could say that.

Julia: Hmm. It sound very interesting.

Karl: But it is. And maybe you two can help me.

Julia: How?

Karl: We need and advertising agency, here in Britain.

James: You mean you want us to advertise your computer?

Karl: Yes.

James: You realize that we’re a very small company.

Karl: Yes. So you must work for me to get bigger. What do you think?

Julia: Yes, Karl. We’d love to.

David: That was Charles Morgan at the Morgan car factory, where a hundred people are employed making cars.

Natalie: And this is a studio, where three people are employed making programmes.

Kevin: And now the programme is finished.